Reports
Including research, analysis, policy recommendations, and surveys done by Sex Matters.
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Getting back on track
Using the Equality Act to enable and protect sport for women and girls
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One year later
The Supreme Court made the law clear. So why are we still waiting for the rights of women and...
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Everyday cancellation in publishing – summary report
The costs and legal risks of discrimination against gender-critical staff and authors, by Matilda Gosling for Sex Matters and...
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Everyday cancellation in publishing
By Matilda Gosling for Sex Matters and SEEN in Publishing
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What happened at Sussex University?
What led the University of Sussex to adopt an unlawful policy that led the Office for Students to fine...
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Sex and the Data Bill – summary report
The government’s new trust framework for digital verification services has a critical flaw: government data itself is not trustworthy...
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Sex and the Data Bill
The government's new trust framework for digital verification services has a critical flaw: government data itself is not trustworthy...
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WPATH in the UK
A list of organisations in the UK influenced by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and lobby groups...
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Women’s services: a sector silenced
This report by Matilda Gosling and Sex Matters examines the effects of gender-identity beliefs on the women’s sector, based...
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Women’s services: a sector silenced – summary report
A summary of our report examining the effects of gender-identity beliefs on the women’s sector, including the results of...
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Sex and the law in the UK
Shadow report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and...
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Making the Equality Act clear – the story so far
This is the story so far, but it is just the beginning. The next stage in the campaign is...
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Keeping children safe as girls and boys in education
The first review of the UK's legal framework on sex and gender in education shows that thousands of schools...
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It’s time to make the Equality Act clear
This 20-page booklet explains why we have asked the government to consider clarifying the meaning of “sex” in the...
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Lesbians without liberty
With a foreword by Joanna Cherry, this document investigates how the UK denies freedom of association to women who...
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How can the Equal Treatment Bench Book be made fit for purpose?
The Bench Book is produced by the Judicial College for judges and magistrates in England and Wales as a...
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Why single-sex services matter: privacy, dignity, safety and choice (full report)
Over the past few years many single-sex services and spaces have been changed to mixed sex, but few of...
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Why single-sex services matter: privacy, dignity, safety and choice (key findings)
Over the past few years many single-sex services and spaces have been changed to mixed sex, but few of...
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Why single-sex services matter: privacy, dignity, safety and choice (30-minute read)
Over the past few years many single-sex services and spaces have been changed to mixed sex, but few of...
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Briefing for conversion therapy debate
The Government has decided to introduce a law banning “gay conversion therapy’”, but following consultation decided not to introduce...
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Sex Matters in Sport – webinar
Developmental biologist Dr Emma Hilton and sports scientist Dr Ross Tucker in a conversation moderated by Helen Joyce, author...
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Briefing: “Conversion” therapy or just therapy?
There has been a media report that a young patient has complained to the General Medical Council about Dr...
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Response to Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Sex Matters’ response to the government consultation, submitted on 9th May 2022. The rules for obtaining a GRC should...
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Why ban talking therapy?
How a campaign to criminalise the most effective treatment for gender-distressed children made it from the margins to the...
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Analysis of the open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Survivors’ Network
On 4th April 2022 the EHRC issued new guidance on the law on single-sex and separate-sex services, which was...
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Sex and digital identities
How digital identities can solve the problem with sex and gender identity – and how getting it wrong will...
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Recent cases – implications for single-sex and separate-sex services
This briefing considers the implications of the cases of Green v Secretary of State, for Justice, AEA v EHRC,...
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Clear rules and girls’ schools
Why is the Girls’ Day School Trust’s new policy important and what are the implications for other charities and...
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Conversion therapy position paper
A new law seeks to remove medical gatekeeping by making doctors afraid of disagreeing with a patient’s self-declared gender...
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Rapid review of Coventry University research on conversion therapy
Is there evidence to support the proposal to criminalise people who engage in talking therapies “aiming to change someone...
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Professor Kathleen Stock – the disinformation exposed
The protestors have been circulating falsehoods and vexatious arguments – here‘s our response.
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Reviewing Annex B
How can the NHS fulfil its promise of dignity and privacy for all on single-sex hospital wards? We suggest...